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Starts: 19:30
Ends: 21:00
Part of Highland Archaeology Festival of Online Talks organised by the Highland Council Historic Environment Team
Three online talks looking at recent work in the Inverness and the Kirkhill area. Calum Maclean will talk about ‘A Highland Renaissance, exploring the transformation in the architecture of Inverness in the 1600s’. Erik Lundberg will focus on a forgotten gem: Groam Cottage in Kirkhill. Roland Spencer-Jones looks at ‘Inchberry: A Farm, a Steading, a Family – piecing the jigsaw together’.
Bookings via Eventbrite (link).
Online talk organised by Highland Council Historic Environment Team
Highland Council Historic Environment Team.
Phone 077888 35466
Email highlandarchaeologyfestival@gmail.com
www.highlandarchaeologyfestival.org
Further details:
'A HIghland Renaissance'
Talk by Calum Maclean exploring the remarkable transformation in the architecture of Inverness in the 1600s.
Calum Maclean is a practising architect with advanced accreditation in conservation of historic buildings. He was raised in the Highlands before leaving to study architecture at Edinburgh College of Art in 1987. After that he spent 10 years working in Ireland before returning to the Highlands in 2003, to work with Colin Munro at Thomas Munro & Co.
In 2017 he established his own practice, MAAC Studio working exclusively on the restoration and conservation of historic buildings and encouraging the appreciation of our traditional buildings within the community.
He is a trustee and director of the Built Environment Forum Scotland and he is a member of the Conservation Committee of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
In addition to the professional activities, Calum is also an author. In 2020 his book, The Architecture of Inverness was published providing a unique insight to the city and its rich historic and architectural development. He is currently working on a new book that will celebrate the life and work of one of Inverness’s most famous architects, Alexander Ross.
'Inchberry: A Farm, a Steading, a Family – piecing the jigsaw together'
Talk by Roland Spencer-Jones. A mention of World War graffiti on the walls of a steading led to the piecing together of a fascinating story of a farm on the south side of the Beauly Firth. It illustrates the variety of sources that can be used in researching a historic site – maps, historical documents, newspaper archives, a survey of the building, genealogy, oral history, and the occult archives of a RAF Maintenance Unit. Put together, like the pieces of a jigsaw, the overall picture describes a leased farm on the up in the late 19th century.
Roland Spencer-Jones is chair of NoSAS and on the board of ARCH.
'Groam Cottage'
Talk by Erik Lundberg describing this rare survival of a vernacular cottage.
Erik Lundberg is a Charted Architect working in the Highlands for 25 years with his own practice in Kirkhill. He has been a director of ARCH for 2 years and previously took part in the Cromarty Burgh dig as a summer volunteer. He recently completed his term as Chair of Arid Community Trust in Kirkhill and was previously chair of its 2 predecessor bodies before a merger in 2020. He is also the administrator for Wardlaw Mausoleum Trust, which looks after the mausoleum in the graveyard behind Erik’s house. The mausoleum is the burial place of the Lovat Frasers. Erik provides tours for the visitors and looks after the maintenance of the building. Wardlaw Mausoleum Trust has been exploring the restoration and future use of Goam Cottage in the centre of Kirkhill for the past 3 years.
